ILikeThePackers39
16 years ago

This here is one of the major issues with the current CBA

The Players union pissed on the undrafted free agent kids coming into the league, signing for comparative peanuts and having to earn their way onto a roster and into visibility. Not many make impacts, but for the ones that do and outplay their contracts, they have little leverage in securing a fair competitive salary. The Union decided to protect the ridiculous money that the high drafted players in exchange for trapping these blue collar players.

Personally, if I am Williams or Grant, I demand to get a fair contract paid.. not blockbusters but fair market value contracts.

People complain about the Grant contract, it is incentive loaded, so Grant has to perform to earn some of the lucrative numbers in that deal..

Personally, if you take care of these types of players, the ones that earn their payday first with performance, you will reap the benefits of players actually choosing GB over some of the other in the UDFA rookie market.. where some of the hidden NFL gems come from

"pack93z" wrote:




Thank you. When people debate about Thompson, one of the pros that always gets thrown out in response to a complaint that he's inactive in FA is "Hey, he's signing the guys who're already on the team - gotta keep that core talent!" Well, Tramon is the only young CB we have who's proven himself on the field - why the hell would we want to play hardball and lose him?

My work situation is nothing like his - the overwhelming odds are that I'll get home after a day at work completely unharmed, while he's risking his financial future every time he steps on the field. Damn right, he wants some security - any sane NFL player does.

I very much appreciate that Thompson has the team in a good spot in terms of the cap - he's managed it very well. But when we've got talented guys who have proven their worth on the field, we need to pay them and keep them. I'd love to have a couple seasons to mull it over, but the reality is that's a luxury that you can't afford.

Again, it's about the rules of the game - Ted doesn't have to like them, but if he sits on the sidelines refusing to play, he's not doing his job.

I'd like to see Williams get a fair contract offer - will we maybe have to over-pay a bit? Probably - everyone does. That's not a valid reason not to do it, though, IMO.
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warhawk
16 years ago
I think it would be bad business to roll over when a player wants a deal restructured. While they did end up signing Grant it was not done overnight.

As far as the CBA goes Ted Thompson did not create it he just has to work with it. I don't know how you can expect him to manage the cap when the draft picks get the kind of contracts they get these days and FA's want guareented money AND the others in the picture are a moving target...unless you keep it aside for a rainy day which is where he gets most of the critizism.

Last, my point was that while he has renegotiated holdouts at times he always ends up justly rewarding those that don't make waves and wait for him to come to them.
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dhazer
16 years ago
You mean the ones that kiss his butt don't you War lol. Sorry i'm sick i think i caught the dang flu. So i'm just playing around with people on here.
Just Imagine this for the next 6-9 years. What a ride it will be 🙂 (PS, Zero should charge for this)
UserPostedImage
16 years ago
It's fun when everyone takes things more seriously than you. Doubly if you're sick!
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bozz_2006
16 years ago

You mean the ones that kiss his butt don't you War lol. Sorry i'm sick i think i caught the dang flu. So i'm just playing around with people on here.

"dhazer" wrote:



Think you caught the virus off of an infected bowling ball?
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dhazer
16 years ago
I guess maybe i shouldn't rub my blue ball so much, it could have gotten me sick :p


Don't worry i'm not to sick to still battle the Ted Thompson lovers 😉
Just Imagine this for the next 6-9 years. What a ride it will be 🙂 (PS, Zero should charge for this)
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AJistheHawk50
16 years ago
just got over the flu.. it was some fucked up flu that like closed my throat i didn;t sleep for three days but i couldn't like get outta bed
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zombieslayer
16 years ago

just got over the flu.. it was some fucked up flu that like closed my throat i didn;t sleep for three days but i couldn't like get outta bed

"AJistheHawk50" wrote:



Yikes. It's been going around my work. I missed two total days. One day I spent the entire day in bed, thought I beat it, then a few days later, it came back again and had to miss a second day.

We're actually told at work to stay away from everyone else because if you come in sick, you get two other people sick. I know probably a dozen people here who had it, but none as bad as you. That sucks.
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yooperfan
16 years ago
Jeez, I'm feeling bad for all you guys that are ill, I went through a week and a half of that myself while our friend Cheesey was on the verge of death.
Reading these posts, it has occurred to me that perhaps Teddy is ill himself and that's why nothing is being done at 1265 to improve our defense.
I think I will send him a dozen pink roses and hope he gets well soon.
Zero2Cool
16 years ago
I'm really hoping that we resign him. I like seeing Tramon in a Packers uniform.
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